Though he gained fame in baseball, the late, great Lou Brock never pushed the sport on his friend Jake Eversole.
Vikings teammate Hoskins cracks the Class 3A honorable mention list.
BHRA's Tidwell, Iroquois West's McMillan were honorable mention picks in their respective classes.
The Tuscola junior guard is our All-Area Player of the Year, and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't caused his basketball passion to wane.
Mandrell's Comets earned a league championship and gave their coach a milestone victory along the way.
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Teams across the area beat up on one another during a truncated season, leading to a challenging job in creating a final poll.
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Another five players were given honorable mention designation for their efforts during the condensed prep basketball season.
Part I in a series on Unit 4 progress resulting from the $183.4 million referendum voters passed in 2016.
The LeRoy boys and the girls of Danville, Sullivan, Tri-County, Salt Fork and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond all had their team listed in the last rankings of the season.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls' basketball player and Judah Christian boys' soccer player honored for their athletic excellence.
Sullivan, Tri-County and Salt Fork all are within their respective rankings' top six.
Coach Harry Combes' team — which included Ted Beach, Earl Harrison and Fred Major as players — won the state tournament 75 years ago today.
Centennial's boys and Danville's girls finished runner-up at their respective Big 12 basketball tournaments.
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Champaign Central has jumped into the top spot after a late regular-season surge.
In boys’ basketball
The conference began its end-of-season boys' and girls' showcases on Wednesday in lieu of IHSA playoff events.
Mandrell's Comets captured the Vermilion Valley Conference regular-season title last Monday, also securing Mandrell his 500th career coaching victory.
Colin Likas covers Illinois football and high school sports at The News-Gazette. He can be reached at clikas@news-gazette.com, or on Twitter at @clikasNG.
Balanced scoring also allows Champaign Central girls' basketball to move on
Lundstrom, Henrichs net hat tricks for Bulldogs
Three local girls' basketball programs each moved up one position in their respective Associated Press polls, which were released Tuesday.
Watseka, PBL and Iroquois West girls all advance to Sangamon Valley Conference tournament semifinals.
'I asked if they’d be willing to give them up for Senior Night so that all seniors would be able to bring more guests. They didn’t hesitate to say yes.'
Villa Grove/Heritage girls' basketball player and Mahomet-Seymour boys' swimmer honored for their athletic excellence.
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